Varaha Purana 71.62: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 62

Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account

Devanagari script

रुद्र उवाच । एवं मया ब्रह्मसुताः प्रोक्ता जग्मुर्यथागतम् । गौतमोऽपि स्वकं गेहं जगामाशु परंतपः ॥ ७१.६२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 71.62

Transliteration

rudra uvāca | evaṃ mayā brahmasutāḥ proktā jagmur yathāgatam | gautamo 'pi svakaṃ gehaṃ jagāmāśu paraṃtapaḥ || 71.62 ||

Translation

รุทระตรัสว่า “ดังนี้ เมื่อเราได้สั่งสอนแล้ว บุตรทั้งหลายของพรหมก็กลับไปดังที่มา โคตมะผู้ปราบศัตรูก็รีบไปยังเรือนของตน”

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Word by Word

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Verb action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रिया-विशेषण (manner adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• मया: by me
• मया: करण/कर्ता-निर्देश (Agent expressed by instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular); उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्म-सुताः: sons of Brahmā
• ब्रह्म-सुताः: कर्म (Object/कर्म; with passive participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक) (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ब्रह्मणः सुताः)

• प्रोक्ताः: addressed / spoken to
• प्रोक्ताः: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier in passive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; from √वच् with प्र-)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: क्रिया (Verb action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• यथा-आगतम्: as they had come / back the same way
• यथा-आगतम्: क्रिया-विशेषण (manner adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; from √गम् with आ-) (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial compound), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) एकवचन (Singular) अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• अपि: also
• अपि: सम्बन्ध (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (particle: also)

• स्वकम्: his own
• स्वकम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• गेहम्: house
• गेहम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म; goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: क्रिया (Verb action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: क्रिया-विशेषण (manner adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• परंतपः: the foe-scorcher (epithet)
• परंतपः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); उपाधि/विशेषणवत् नाम (epithet)

Speaker

Rudra

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative device: sages receive instruction and then depart, marking the closure of a discourse unit and preserving the sense of an oral-teaching lineage.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; it only mentions Gautama returning to his own dwelling (geha).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes orderly transmission of instruction and disciplined return to one’s duties after receiving teachings, without presenting a direct prescriptive rule.